A/N: Aaaaaand we're back with part four to Borus' misadventures in the
elevator! Man, I love writing these, even though they're really
ridiculous! I must sincerely thank everyone who reviewed this fic, because
I never imagined I'd get so many!!! I really really appreciate it!
Borus, Geddoe, lil viki, Futch, Bright, Sanae, Leo, connie ________________________________________________________________________
"Borus! There you are!"
Startled by the gruff voice, Borus quickly slammed shut a book entitled "The Complete Idiot's Guide to Elevator Emergencies", and hid it behind his back as his fellow comrade, Leo, approached him.
"What are you doing here?" the blonde knight asked quickly.
"I was going to ask you the same thing," replied Leo, crossing his arms. "I was sent to find you, Chris wants us downstairs for a meeting pronto."
"Very well, I'll be right there."
"So why are you here in the library?" Leo asked, raising an eyebrow as he looked around at the rows of dusty books.
"I just eh... Nothing." Borus discretely slid the book behind his back onto the shelf.
"Hmph. Well, let's get going. We're going to be late, so lets just take the elevator."
"No!"
"What?" Leo shook his head. "Please, don't tell me the stories that Percival, Roland and Chris have been telling me are true! That you're afraid of elevators!?"
"Well, er-"
Leo's eyes widened at Borus' divulging expression. "You are?!" Leo began to chuckle. "I can't believe all those stories are true! Haha! Well, why don't we get Viki to teleport you down?"
Borus shuddered. "Please no... Last time I saw Viki, she sneezed and teleported the griffon on top of me."
"I meant the other one. The 'young' one."
Borus' eyes widened. "Are you kidding? That girl is... eerie. I don't trust her."
Leo seemed to be looking past him. "Erm... Borus..."
"What? I can't stand either of them. One is a complete airhead and the other is a creepy little witch."
"Behind you..."
Borus turned to see the very young, and very angry Viki glaring at him.
Borus cursed under his breath. This little kid knew some powerful magic. He was in for it.
Next he knew, he, Leo, and young Viki were in the elevator. Viki had teleported them there.
"Ahh! Wh-what did you do!?" Borus shouted.
Viki smirked. "I just wanted to see if the stories were true, as sir Leo said."
"Please let me out!" Borus banged on the elevator doors. "I didn't mean what I said!"
"Wow, looks like Perce and the others weren't exaggerating," Leo commented, watching his comrade beat manically against the unyielding doors.
"All I can say," Viki replied calmly, "is that you had better hope that I don't teleport a griffon on top of you."
"Okay, I apologize! Elder Viki's not an airhead! Please let me out!"
The young mage raised an eyebrow.
"Alright alright, and you're not a creepy witch either!"
Viki released a long sigh and the elevator doors opened.
Borus was going to rejoice, but found himself laying flat on his back on the elevator floor with a massive weight on top of him. It was scaly. It was white. It was Bright the dragon.
"Viki!" Borus choked from underneath the dragon. "Why did you teleport Bright in here? I learnt my lesson from just being in this wretched elevator, believe me!"
"I didn't teleport him in here," Viki stated simply.
"Wha-?" coughed Borus.
"Futch, get that bloody dragon out of here! A creature that size can't fit in an elevator!" boomed Leo's voice.
"Oh, I didn't realize anyone else was in the elevator... I'm sorry, but Bright goes everywhere I do," replied Futch's.
"Get him out!" Roared Leo. "He's sitting on my colleague's head!"
"What?" Futch looked down and saw Borus' feet sticking out from underneath Bright and gasped. "Oh no! Sir Borus! I'm terribly sorry! I didn't realize! Ohhh, I hope Sharon doesn't find out about this! She'll tell her mother and I'll be demoted!"
"Leo. Futch. Stop arguing and help me get him off." It was Geddoe.
"Viki, can't you teleport Bright off?"
The girl shrugged. "The question is, will I. And the answer is no."
Leo snarled at the girl who stood in the corner of the elevator, not lifting a finger to help. "Why you little-"
"Drop it Leo, we don't need her. Just grab the beast's tail and pull."
Futch scowled. "Hey he's not-"
Geddoe glared at him and Futch did not finish his protest.
"Oh my... What's going on here?"
All, except for Borus who was still suffocating under the dragon, turned to see Sanae Y at the entrance of the elevator, looking at them with a concerned expression on her face.
"Miss Sanae," Leo said in a strained voice, nodding towards Futch. "This blockhead shoved his dragon into the elevator and now Sir Borus is trapped underneath. Do you mind giving us a hand?"
The polite girl bowed her head slightly. "Oh, of course! I would be honored to help! I would have helped sooner, but I was not aware that Sir Borus was trapped beneath... I simply thought the dragon was stuck in the elevator. Forgive me for saying so, but it was not very wise of sir Futch to put a dragon in such a contained space to begin with. One would think that-"
"Sanae!" Geddoe interrupted irritably as he pulled at the dragon who was not budging an inch.
The girl quickly bowed again. "Forgive me! I'll help!"
She squeezed into the elevator and joined Leo, Geddoe and Futch in pushing the confused and dislocated dragon.
"Kuee!?"
"I'm so sorry Bright! I hope you're going to be okay!" Futch patted the dragon.
"Begging your pardon," choked Borus from under the dragon in a muffled voice, "but I fear that I'm the one who's not going to be okay!"
"At least we know he's still alive under there!" Leo commented. "Hold on Borus!"
"Ungh, at least the griffon was soft and not all scaly..." grumbled Borus rather incoherently.
"This is too amusing." Young Viki suppressed a laugh as Borus' face turned purple with lack of oxygen. That'd teach him for badmouthing her.
"Don't think you aren't going to have to answer for this!" Leo growled at her.
"I've done nothing wrong!" Viki replied. "I'm not the one who pushed a 400 pound dragon in this shaky lift!"
"She has a point," Sanae nodded.
Futch glared at her.
Suddenly, the elevator doors closed, and the lift started to descend, and quite shakily. It seemed that the weight of six people and a dragon were too much for the old elevator.
"Ah! Who pushed the button?!" Futch cried.
"It's probably someone on another floor wanting to use the elevator," Geddoe replied with a sigh.
"Where the heck is Shizu?!" asked Leo.
"That is the question, isn't it?" muttered Borus.
The elevator came to a halt. The doors did not open. They were stuck. No one said a word for a full minute.
"I've said it many times," coughed Borus finally, "but I'm going to say it again... I. Hate. This. Bloody. Elevator."
Borus passed out from lack of oxygen.
"Now what? He's lost consciousness!" Sanae's forehead wrinkled in concern.
"Viki, you've had enough revenge, get us out of here!" Leo bellowed.
Viki sighed resignedly. "Truth be told... I used the last of my magic getting us into the elevator... I have to 'recharge'."
"Are you lying?" asked Geddoe simply.
Viki shook her head. "Why would I still be here? Even if I wanted all of you to suffer, I would have at least teleported myself out if I could. As it is, we're just going to have to wait for someone to come and rescue us."
"Kueee!!!" the dragon seemed to be panicking, and his massive tail began flailing about the tiny elevator.
Futch tried in vain to soothe the dragon. "Whoa, easy Bright! Easy!"
But the thick tail hit Sanae full in the face, knocking her against the wall.
"Sanae!" Futch called.
"Ungh..." Sanae rubbed her nose, which was bleeding. "Hey, your dragon broke my glasses!"
"I'm sorry, he's just a little spooked."
"My glasses!" Sanae Y leaped over the dragon and tackled Futch in an uncharacteristic rage.
"Who would have thought the mouse would get so protective of her specs." Viki shook her head.
"Look, you," Leo boomed at the girl. "If it weren't for you, we wouldn't be in this predicament!"
"All of you, stop fighting," Geddoe said. No one listened. He didn't repeat himself. Instead, the mercenary knelt and felt under the dragon for Borus' arm.
Just then, the elevator doors slid open and a small dog poked her head around the corner. It was Connie.
No one noticed that the doors were open at first, and the dog looked uncomprehendingly at the scene before her. Sanae was looking like a madwoman, her glasses askew and broken as she tried to strangle a terrified Futch. Leo looked like he was just about to pull an axe out on Viki, who was looking rather murderous herself. Borus' arm was sticking out from under a large dragon, and Geddoe was testing the limp arm for a pulse with a doubtful expression on his face.
Finally, Connie cautiously stepped into the elevator. That's when everyone finally noticed her. She blinked at the chaos around her before calmly grabbing Bright's tail in her mouth. She began to tug. And, as everyone in the elevator bared witness, the little dog dragged the 400 pound dragon off of Borus, and out of the elevator.
No one moved. No one even remembered to check if Borus was still alive. They simply stood there staring at Connie with their mouths hanging open. Even Geddoe.
The dog scratched behind her ears with her hind leg and then trotted off without a care in the world.
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A/N: I know Viki was meaner than she should have been, but whatever. Once again, thank you so much for reading, and thank you for your supportive and encouraging reviews!
Borus, Geddoe, lil viki, Futch, Bright, Sanae, Leo, connie ________________________________________________________________________
"Borus! There you are!"
Startled by the gruff voice, Borus quickly slammed shut a book entitled "The Complete Idiot's Guide to Elevator Emergencies", and hid it behind his back as his fellow comrade, Leo, approached him.
"What are you doing here?" the blonde knight asked quickly.
"I was going to ask you the same thing," replied Leo, crossing his arms. "I was sent to find you, Chris wants us downstairs for a meeting pronto."
"Very well, I'll be right there."
"So why are you here in the library?" Leo asked, raising an eyebrow as he looked around at the rows of dusty books.
"I just eh... Nothing." Borus discretely slid the book behind his back onto the shelf.
"Hmph. Well, let's get going. We're going to be late, so lets just take the elevator."
"No!"
"What?" Leo shook his head. "Please, don't tell me the stories that Percival, Roland and Chris have been telling me are true! That you're afraid of elevators!?"
"Well, er-"
Leo's eyes widened at Borus' divulging expression. "You are?!" Leo began to chuckle. "I can't believe all those stories are true! Haha! Well, why don't we get Viki to teleport you down?"
Borus shuddered. "Please no... Last time I saw Viki, she sneezed and teleported the griffon on top of me."
"I meant the other one. The 'young' one."
Borus' eyes widened. "Are you kidding? That girl is... eerie. I don't trust her."
Leo seemed to be looking past him. "Erm... Borus..."
"What? I can't stand either of them. One is a complete airhead and the other is a creepy little witch."
"Behind you..."
Borus turned to see the very young, and very angry Viki glaring at him.
Borus cursed under his breath. This little kid knew some powerful magic. He was in for it.
Next he knew, he, Leo, and young Viki were in the elevator. Viki had teleported them there.
"Ahh! Wh-what did you do!?" Borus shouted.
Viki smirked. "I just wanted to see if the stories were true, as sir Leo said."
"Please let me out!" Borus banged on the elevator doors. "I didn't mean what I said!"
"Wow, looks like Perce and the others weren't exaggerating," Leo commented, watching his comrade beat manically against the unyielding doors.
"All I can say," Viki replied calmly, "is that you had better hope that I don't teleport a griffon on top of you."
"Okay, I apologize! Elder Viki's not an airhead! Please let me out!"
The young mage raised an eyebrow.
"Alright alright, and you're not a creepy witch either!"
Viki released a long sigh and the elevator doors opened.
Borus was going to rejoice, but found himself laying flat on his back on the elevator floor with a massive weight on top of him. It was scaly. It was white. It was Bright the dragon.
"Viki!" Borus choked from underneath the dragon. "Why did you teleport Bright in here? I learnt my lesson from just being in this wretched elevator, believe me!"
"I didn't teleport him in here," Viki stated simply.
"Wha-?" coughed Borus.
"Futch, get that bloody dragon out of here! A creature that size can't fit in an elevator!" boomed Leo's voice.
"Oh, I didn't realize anyone else was in the elevator... I'm sorry, but Bright goes everywhere I do," replied Futch's.
"Get him out!" Roared Leo. "He's sitting on my colleague's head!"
"What?" Futch looked down and saw Borus' feet sticking out from underneath Bright and gasped. "Oh no! Sir Borus! I'm terribly sorry! I didn't realize! Ohhh, I hope Sharon doesn't find out about this! She'll tell her mother and I'll be demoted!"
"Leo. Futch. Stop arguing and help me get him off." It was Geddoe.
"Viki, can't you teleport Bright off?"
The girl shrugged. "The question is, will I. And the answer is no."
Leo snarled at the girl who stood in the corner of the elevator, not lifting a finger to help. "Why you little-"
"Drop it Leo, we don't need her. Just grab the beast's tail and pull."
Futch scowled. "Hey he's not-"
Geddoe glared at him and Futch did not finish his protest.
"Oh my... What's going on here?"
All, except for Borus who was still suffocating under the dragon, turned to see Sanae Y at the entrance of the elevator, looking at them with a concerned expression on her face.
"Miss Sanae," Leo said in a strained voice, nodding towards Futch. "This blockhead shoved his dragon into the elevator and now Sir Borus is trapped underneath. Do you mind giving us a hand?"
The polite girl bowed her head slightly. "Oh, of course! I would be honored to help! I would have helped sooner, but I was not aware that Sir Borus was trapped beneath... I simply thought the dragon was stuck in the elevator. Forgive me for saying so, but it was not very wise of sir Futch to put a dragon in such a contained space to begin with. One would think that-"
"Sanae!" Geddoe interrupted irritably as he pulled at the dragon who was not budging an inch.
The girl quickly bowed again. "Forgive me! I'll help!"
She squeezed into the elevator and joined Leo, Geddoe and Futch in pushing the confused and dislocated dragon.
"Kuee!?"
"I'm so sorry Bright! I hope you're going to be okay!" Futch patted the dragon.
"Begging your pardon," choked Borus from under the dragon in a muffled voice, "but I fear that I'm the one who's not going to be okay!"
"At least we know he's still alive under there!" Leo commented. "Hold on Borus!"
"Ungh, at least the griffon was soft and not all scaly..." grumbled Borus rather incoherently.
"This is too amusing." Young Viki suppressed a laugh as Borus' face turned purple with lack of oxygen. That'd teach him for badmouthing her.
"Don't think you aren't going to have to answer for this!" Leo growled at her.
"I've done nothing wrong!" Viki replied. "I'm not the one who pushed a 400 pound dragon in this shaky lift!"
"She has a point," Sanae nodded.
Futch glared at her.
Suddenly, the elevator doors closed, and the lift started to descend, and quite shakily. It seemed that the weight of six people and a dragon were too much for the old elevator.
"Ah! Who pushed the button?!" Futch cried.
"It's probably someone on another floor wanting to use the elevator," Geddoe replied with a sigh.
"Where the heck is Shizu?!" asked Leo.
"That is the question, isn't it?" muttered Borus.
The elevator came to a halt. The doors did not open. They were stuck. No one said a word for a full minute.
"I've said it many times," coughed Borus finally, "but I'm going to say it again... I. Hate. This. Bloody. Elevator."
Borus passed out from lack of oxygen.
"Now what? He's lost consciousness!" Sanae's forehead wrinkled in concern.
"Viki, you've had enough revenge, get us out of here!" Leo bellowed.
Viki sighed resignedly. "Truth be told... I used the last of my magic getting us into the elevator... I have to 'recharge'."
"Are you lying?" asked Geddoe simply.
Viki shook her head. "Why would I still be here? Even if I wanted all of you to suffer, I would have at least teleported myself out if I could. As it is, we're just going to have to wait for someone to come and rescue us."
"Kueee!!!" the dragon seemed to be panicking, and his massive tail began flailing about the tiny elevator.
Futch tried in vain to soothe the dragon. "Whoa, easy Bright! Easy!"
But the thick tail hit Sanae full in the face, knocking her against the wall.
"Sanae!" Futch called.
"Ungh..." Sanae rubbed her nose, which was bleeding. "Hey, your dragon broke my glasses!"
"I'm sorry, he's just a little spooked."
"My glasses!" Sanae Y leaped over the dragon and tackled Futch in an uncharacteristic rage.
"Who would have thought the mouse would get so protective of her specs." Viki shook her head.
"Look, you," Leo boomed at the girl. "If it weren't for you, we wouldn't be in this predicament!"
"All of you, stop fighting," Geddoe said. No one listened. He didn't repeat himself. Instead, the mercenary knelt and felt under the dragon for Borus' arm.
Just then, the elevator doors slid open and a small dog poked her head around the corner. It was Connie.
No one noticed that the doors were open at first, and the dog looked uncomprehendingly at the scene before her. Sanae was looking like a madwoman, her glasses askew and broken as she tried to strangle a terrified Futch. Leo looked like he was just about to pull an axe out on Viki, who was looking rather murderous herself. Borus' arm was sticking out from under a large dragon, and Geddoe was testing the limp arm for a pulse with a doubtful expression on his face.
Finally, Connie cautiously stepped into the elevator. That's when everyone finally noticed her. She blinked at the chaos around her before calmly grabbing Bright's tail in her mouth. She began to tug. And, as everyone in the elevator bared witness, the little dog dragged the 400 pound dragon off of Borus, and out of the elevator.
No one moved. No one even remembered to check if Borus was still alive. They simply stood there staring at Connie with their mouths hanging open. Even Geddoe.
The dog scratched behind her ears with her hind leg and then trotted off without a care in the world.
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A/N: I know Viki was meaner than she should have been, but whatever. Once again, thank you so much for reading, and thank you for your supportive and encouraging reviews!